Dark Souls Franchise Sales Pass 8 Million Mark

From Software's Dark Souls franchise has sold over 8 million copies globally.

The figure comes courtesy of Famitsu (via Neogaf) and includes four key titles: the original Dark Souls and Dark Souls with the Artorias of the Abyss expansion, as well as Dark Souls II and the remastered release, Scholar of the First Sin.

Demon's Souls and Bloodborne are not included.

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As for specifics, Dark Souls and the Artorias of the Abyss sales stand at just over 5 million, while Dark Souls II sales are just under 2 million and Scholar of the First Sin edition sales for PS4 and Xbox One sit at around 530,000. Interestingly, it's on the PC that the game has seen runaway success, with more than 3.25 million copies sold on that platform.

So that's the Dark Souls franchise, but it's worth noting PS4-exclusive spin-off Bloodborne is a success in its own right, recently having surpassed 1 million sales. As of March this year, Demon's Souls sales stand at over 1.7 million.